/***********************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004 Actuate Corporation.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 * Actuate Corporation - initial API and implementation
 ***********************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data;

import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> A representation of the model object '<em><b>Sample Data</b></em>'. <!-- end-user-doc
 * -->
 * 
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * 
 * This type sample data that will be used to display the chart at design-time.
 * 
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 * 
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 * <li>{@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.SampleData#getBaseSampleData <em>Base Sample Data</em>}</li>
 * <li>{@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.SampleData#getOrthogonalSampleData <em>Orthogonal Sample Data</em>}
 * </li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.DataPackage#getSampleData()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface SampleData extends EObject
{

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Base Sample Data</b></em>' containment reference list. The list contents
	 * are of type {@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.BaseSampleData}. <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc
	 * --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * Holds the sample data for base series in the chart.
	 * 
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Base Sample Data</em>' containment reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.DataPackage#getSampleData_BaseSampleData()
	 * @model type="org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.BaseSampleData" containment="true" resolveProxies="false"
	 *        required="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<BaseSampleData> getBaseSampleData( );

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Orthogonal Sample Data</b></em>' containment reference list. The list
	 * contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.OrthogonalSampleData}. <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * Holds the sample data for orthogonal series in the chart.
	 * 
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Orthogonal Sample Data</em>' containment reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.DataPackage#getSampleData_OrthogonalSampleData()
	 * @model type="org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.OrthogonalSampleData" containment="true" resolveProxies="false"
	 *        required="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<OrthogonalSampleData> getOrthogonalSampleData( );

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Ancillary Sample Data</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.BaseSampleData}.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Ancillary Sample Data</em>' containment reference list isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Ancillary Sample Data</em>' containment reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.data.DataPackage#getSampleData_AncillarySampleData()
	 * @model containment="true" required="true"
	 *        extendedMetaData="kind='element' name='AncillarySampleData'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<BaseSampleData> getAncillarySampleData( );

	/**
	 * A convenient method to get an instance copy. This is much faster than the
	 * ECoreUtil.copy().
	 */
	SampleData copyInstance( );

} // SampleData
